Mark Beyer

Only a handful of WA companies completed substantial capital raisings in the March quarter. We analyse how they went about it.

THE Karara iron ore project has confirmed the high local content that can be achieved on major resources developments, with more than 90 per cent of total spending awarded to Australian suppliers.

After a big fortnight in politics, it’s instructive for the Western Australian business community to take stock and ask how much has really changed.

Of the five new ministers in the Barnett government, the most interesting prospect is Energy and Finance Minister Mike Nahan.

Retired footballer turned marketing specialist David Sierakowski has signed up sporting greats Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Pavlich for a new business venture pitched at Western Australia’s top board

A breakdown in relations between construction giant Leighton Holdings and its controlling shareholder has sparked the resignation today of its chairman Stephen Johns along with two non-executive di

Sundance Resources has raised the possibility of terminating its long-running $1.3 billion takeover agreement with China’s Hanlong Mining, while also confirming it is in discussions with other part

Key portfolios including mines and petroleum, energy, training, environment, commerce and small business have new ministers after re-elected premier Colin Barnett announced the appointment of five

Lifting national productivity is a goal that is universally supported, but it seems our leaders in Canberra either haven’t really thought through what it means in practice, or just don’t care.

AN investment group backed by private equity player KKR, and forestry veterans Tony Jack and Bob Bunning, is set to become the second largest owner of Indian sandalwood plantations in the Ord River

One of Perth’s largest commercial printing businesses has been sold to its local management team following the collapse of national operator GEON Australia.

A Busselton real estate agent has learned the hard way how not to invest in property.

Nearly 1,000 guests attended this week’s announcement of WA Business News’ 40under40 awards, with the winners coming from areas as diverse as real estate, medical research, food and mining. Click the headline above to see video highlights, including interviews with winners.

The West Australian Ballet and Black Swan State Theatre Company are among six arts companies across Australia to win extra funding in the federal government’s new cultural policy.

Having listened to many winners and losers in the state election, there are some clear lessons emerging.

CONTINUED high occupancy rates and room rates in the Perth hotel sector have ensured a positive trading performance for Fraser Suites Perth, the city’s first major new hotel in six years.

A BUSSELTON real estate agent has learned the hard way how not to invest in property.

 South Perth company Gulf Mines has announced plans to acquire an interest in an Indonesian manganese project developed by Western Australian mining veteran Michael Kiernan.

The receiver of national printing group GEON is continuing negotiations over the future of its Perth business, following the sale today of its NSW and Victorian operations and the closure of its Qu

Western Australians have a choice between flawed but strong leadership from the Liberals or an energetic, unproven alternative in Labor.

In the first of a quarterly series on executive remuneration, we find that listed companies of all sizes have started cutting chief executive salaries but are still designing packages that offer plenty of upside.

The credibility of Liberal and Labor election promises are both under question, with Troy Buswell admitting the Liberals three major pledges are reliant on being half funded by the Commonwealth, an

Engineering and construction contractor VDM Group has reported a blow-out in its half-year loss to $60 million, up from a loss of $47 million in the previous corresponding period.

Land developer Peet has reported a net profit of $1.2 million for the half year to December 2012, and foreshadowed better results in the second half of the financial year and in future years.

Iron Ore Holdings and Mineral Resources have struck an agreement that will result in the development this year of the Iron Valley mine in the Pilbara.

Gindalbie Metals chairman George Jones will step down from the role in April - coinciding with the company officially launching its Karara iron ore project in the Mid West.

Voters need to remember that some of the most significant and positive changes in WA have come from governments doing less, not more.

THE resources sector accounts for about 18 per cent of economic activity in Australia, double its share from a decade ago, a new study has found.

MINING construction projects have continued to be fruitful territory for indigenous contractors in Western Australia, with the latest initiative teaming an experienced contracting group with a new

Chevron Australia has struck a deal with Beach Energy that will see the US energy giant spend at least million and potentially as much as million on two onshore gas exploration fields.

Experienced Aboriginal contracting group Eastern Guruma has teamed up with a new entrant to the sector, Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, to win a $200 million contract in the Pilbar

Contractor NRW Holdings has reported a solid increase in half-year profit but signalled a slowdown in its business, particularly its contract mining division, in the second half of the year.